WebPA wins a bronze IMS Learning Impact award Each year the IMS Global Learning Consortium invites submissions for their Learning Impact awards with finalists invited to discuss and demonstrate their projects at the IMS Learning Impact conference. We are delighted to report that WebPA, a JISC funded project building an open source online peer assessment system, was awarded a bronze award at the conference. Well done all at WebPA: http://webpa-tec.blogspot.com/

Wolverhampton University QAA best practice protocols (There is also a booklet entitled Introduction to Computer-assisted Assessment - (Word doc - 919KB) This was the basis of a workshop given at the University by Joanna Bull http://asp.wlv.ac.uk/Level5.asp?UserType=8&Level5=5328

In a recent blog post I mentioned the excellent JISC/ Wolverhampton University epistle website, which contains some very handy tips on implementing an eportfolio system. http://he.rscwmsystems.org.uk/wordpress/?p=227 . The blog post also mentions some local case studies (TCAT) and the new JISC infonet booklet (containing elearning case studies).

Colleges, universities and the digital challenge:This new service http://education.guardian.co.uk/librariesunleashed is a JISC-sponsored supplement is being published as part the Education Guardian which looks into the impact of ICT on academic libraries, JISC's contribution to their development and some of the challenges being faced by libraries in the digital age.

The technology exemplar network announced ten winners a few months ago:http://he.rscwmsystems.org.uk/wordpress/?p=220 .The additional “developing Colleges” have already been announced. They will be mentored by the original 10 organisations. Those successful applicants in our region are:Derwen College ,Fircroft College , Halesowen College , North Warwickshire and Hinckley College , Nuneaton Training Centre , Stoke on Trent College , Stourbridge College , The Royal National College for the BlindRead more here : http://feandskills.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?page=2019

Kidderminster College deserve a note for their management of applications and development of a 3rd party IT support business model for local Colleges. They provide support and back up for Moodle and will help with access management issues. They have even managed to fit Moode on a portable pen drive: http://he.rscwmsystems.org.uk/wordpress/?p=174

My bookmarks http://del.icio.us/deliboy/ ……. Has masses of links covering all things elearning, there will be many exemplars of best practice and case studies I’ve booked marked.